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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Athens, Pages 9 through 47.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This is the market place and political center of Athens in the fifth century.
(a) Persia.
(b) Agora.
(c) Forum.
(d) Attica.

2. What do many Athenians do to unwanted children?
(a) Give them up for adoption.
(b) Expose them to the elements to die.
(c) Abort them.
(d) Murder them.

3. What is / are the most common forms of punishment in ancient Athens?
(a) Execution.
(b) Fines, confiscation of property, loss of rights, or exile.
(c) Imprisonment.
(d) Flogging and branding.

4. This is where the boule meets.
(a) Boulestoa.
(b) Agora.
(c) Bouleuterion.
(d) The Acropolis.

5. It is estimated that the total Athenian military strength is around this many soldiers.
(a) 45,000.
(b) Half a million.
(c) 450.
(d) 4500.

Short Answer Questions

1. To protect its food supply, Athens decides they require a strong navy, the architect of which is this person.

2. Who is considered to this day to be the father of medicine, from Athens?

3. This is the political and legal center of the city of Athens.

4. Ancient walls around the city are believed to have been built in ____.

5. This is the best known storehouse for the equipment of the large Athenian navy.

(see the answer key)

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